It`s at this point that they concentrate along Chicago`s lakefront. Smelt fishing is very unpredictable, so patience is required. ”With every good day of smelt fishing, there`s a bad day,” say ...

Winter is for smelt fishing and, compared to other coastal states from New Jersey to New Hampshire, rainbow smelt — or Osmerus mordax — run in thicker schools and for longer seasons in Maine ...

Bowdoinham’s Ice and Smelt Fishing Festival is a winter tradition, drawing tourists eager to fish and explore the town. However, the past two events lacked its key attraction: actual smelt fishing.

PORTLAND (WGME) -- The weather has a lot to do with smelt fishing season, and depending on the year, it's not always a ...

"If any one likes fishing through the ice with the thermometer 10 below zero and the wind blowing sometimes at the rate of 25 miles an hour, he can find his ideal sport just now on any of the ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them.

I’m sorry to say he had no success after a full morning fishing various bank spots upriver from the Goerig Park. The smelt finally made it to the Lewis. I have never seen so many seals and sea ...

Provided Share Coho going on southern Lake Michigan, the spring variety of fishing options, openers Tuesday, April 1, at Heidecke Lake and for smelt netting in Chicago, plus a reminder on getting ...

Fishermen from Milwaukee use seine nets to catch smelt on Chequamegon Bay in Ashland and Washburn. Ashton Jeanty is a consensus generational RB prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft. Rockies, already off ...

Authorities seized 2,500 pounds of smelt, which equates to more than 12,000 individual fish. Photo courtesy Multnomah County Sheriff's Office A special 7-hour fishing season in Oregon brought chaos ...